FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 639 AM EST WED NOV 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE. IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...DE
SOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...
PINELLAS...POLK AND SARASOTA.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* RAINFALL TOTALS YESTERDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF HILLSBOROUGH AND
POLK COUNTY RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY AND
PERSISTENT RAINFALL TODAY CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA ESPECIALLY FROM I 4 SOUTHWARD. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING UP TO
5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FLOODING OF STREETS AND URBAN AREAS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RISES IN CREEKS...STREAMS AND AREA
RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
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